Sorry, another work entry. But when you have so little enrichment in life like I do, there's nothing to talk about sometimes except "shop talk".
In the last entry, I gave the good news of that troublesome, meddlesome manager at work being canned. He was one of the most biased people I had ever met; he stood for all the cronyism the workplace seems to represent. Now that he's gone, I wonder if things will be treated more fairly at work, with preference placed to no one in particular.
Especially for those who may labor in general manual labor, don't you hate to see co-workers staring at you, doing nothing, but being the first to ask why you don't work harder, or that you missed a spot? We have two people who fit that bill, and I don't know how they get away with it.
They milk their injuries (in my opinion) in differing degrees. The one person, I semi-understand, since they truly aren't in their proper environment. People like this one are best suited for desk duty, or something else where you're not constantly lifting bags or being subject to fumes & pollution. Of course, anyone can do anything if they want to, but if they escape the heartache by not working those positions, more power to them. It's hard to help them sometimes when we're overloaded, but there's an understanding to that person.
The other person is something else. He does nothing except just sit at the desk, barking orders only when he doesn't fall asleep. We ask him to count bags, and he complains about his knee. Supposedly he needed major knee surgery just because he brushed it against a piece of equipment. Since the equipment wasn't a damned spear, I have my reservations. His attitude comes & goes with his sleep. But he will always be the first to say someone's not doing their job.
Excuse me? That person's doing their job AND your job.
If they can't physically work, they should rehab at a facility, do exercises at home, and otherwise rest up. Why is my workplace forcing them to work when they can't? Who does that hurt? The healthy workers!
And whenever conflict occurs, the aforementioned manager always sided with the injured person. Why were the healthy people always punished for, well, being healthy?
I've had two brushes with medical problems over my five years there: I've missed nine weeks with back trouble, and five months with another serious medical condition. They would not think of letting me back to work until I was 100% certified to come back. In other words, my restrictions were not subject to those around me, inconveniencing them.
To sum up, I look forward to work for a reason this week; to see if the attitudes will have changed. Perhaps the new management (who I know) will change that paperwork to actually enforce what it says.
Just think of what fairness in the workplace can do.
